Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Thursday said that sports activities bring individuals and organisations together, highlighting commonalities and bridging cultural and ethnic divides.
Presiding over the 49th State Annual Police Sports and Duty meet at Dharamsala, he said, “Sports provide a forum to hone skills like discipline, confidence and leadership and strengthen core principles like acceptance, co-operation besides expounding the value of effort and teach the participants how to manage victory as well as defeat”.
The Chief Minister said the State Government recruited 1,500 constables this year and they would be joining the main fleet soon as they were undergoing training.
He also took salute from impressive march past presented by the participants including both men and women police contingents from Southern range, Northern Range, Central Unit and Reserve battalions.